gusord]]>37Army AbbreviationsSat, 30 May 2020 21:56:05 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/army-abbreviations.74808/
http://ww2f.com/threads/army-abbreviations.74808/invalid@example.com (dga99)dga99Can anyone tell me what the following Army Organization abbreviations that this unit is from Form WD 53 for ETO (Germany) in 1947-1948 post war? My uncle was a Military Police (677) assigned to this unit.

Box 6: Organization
HQ & HQ SV TRP C SS​]]>13Mig AlleyMon, 18 May 2020 22:26:41 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/mig-alley.74773/
http://ww2f.com/threads/mig-alley.74773/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42Mig Alley]]>3Radio Free EuropeSat, 09 May 2020 22:16:58 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/radio-free-europe.74698/
http://ww2f.com/threads/radio-free-europe.74698/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42
So in the American zone of Berlin in 1946, Radio In the American Sector (RIAS) began...

Radio Free Europe]]>1Operation CrossroadsFri, 08 May 2020 12:52:09 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-crossroads.74729/
http://ww2f.com/threads/operation-crossroads.74729/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42
Reason I bring this up, is because my wife's father was part of the first tests in 1946, which he witnessed the first two blast as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, code named Able and Baker. He was anchored...

Operation Crossroads]]>7Stalin's death in 1953Mon, 04 May 2020 21:24:24 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/stalins-death-in-1953.74664/
http://ww2f.com/threads/stalins-death-in-1953.74664/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42Stalin's death in 1953]]>4Carswell AFB 1952Mon, 04 May 2020 02:15:47 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/carswell-afb-1952.74710/
http://ww2f.com/threads/carswell-afb-1952.74710/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42Remembering the 1952 Carswell AFB Tornado that damaged two-thirds of SAC’s B-36 Force - The Aviation Geek Club]]>2Battle of Dien Bien PhuTue, 28 Apr 2020 13:54:39 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.74683/
http://ww2f.com/threads/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.74683/invalid@example.com (Class of '42)Class of '42
I came across the movie "Jump Into Hell" recently, which was made shortly...

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Colonial Britain offered the Jews large territories in Africa but a Zionist movement wanted the Jews in their ancestral homeland.

Mostly Arabic; Palestine had a concentrated Jewish population, but because of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine was under British control.The Balfour Agreement, signed in 1917 by Great Britain was a huge boost for...

Israel]]>28Japan as a victim.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:30:26 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/japan-as-a-victim.69429/
http://ww2f.com/threads/japan-as-a-victim.69429/invalid@example.com (lwd)lwdIntelligence: Hidden Surprises In Syria
It contained the following: "....The most famous example of catching up with deciphering data backlogs occurred after World War II when American code breakers decided to decrypt messages sent by the Japanese government between the time Japan surrendered and the U.S. occupation forces arrived and took control...

Japan as a victim.]]>17Soldiers of Fortune - The Hesse Jewel HeistWed, 08 Apr 2020 02:46:16 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/soldiers-of-fortune-the-hesse-jewel-heist.21468/
http://ww2f.com/threads/soldiers-of-fortune-the-hesse-jewel-heist.21468/invalid@example.com (dgmitchell)dgmitchell
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Throughout history soldiers have helped themselves to the riches of their foes. Indeed, the promise of booty was long the primary reason men went to war, their desire to acquire by theft what they’d never attain by rank or merit driving them to risk their lives in conflicts whose moral or political goals held...

Soldiers of Fortune - The Hesse Jewel Heist]]>4French IndochinaSat, 14 Dec 2019 00:09:57 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/french-indochina.74049/
http://ww2f.com/threads/french-indochina.74049/invalid@example.com (GunSlinger86)GunSlinger86French Indochina]]>27Cold WarSun, 24 Nov 2019 18:53:09 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/cold-war.58399/
http://ww2f.com/threads/cold-war.58399/invalid@example.com (GunSlinger86)GunSlinger86Cold War]]>8Britain & The Squatters PhenomenonMon, 04 Nov 2019 20:35:01 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/britain-the-squatters-phenomenon.73994/
http://ww2f.com/threads/britain-the-squatters-phenomenon.73994/invalid@example.com (GRW)GRW
Anyway, here's an interesting article on how Britain's homeless in the postwar period took a "direct action" approach to the housing shortage-
"While many trace the history of London’s contemporary squatting movement back to 1968, the seeds were sown well before then. After the First World War, for instance, a sharp rise in unemployment and rent strikes in the East End saw occupations of municipal buildings...

Britain & The Squatters Phenomenon]]>North Korean and Chinese Radios during the Korean WarTue, 24 Apr 2018 15:20:19 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/north-korean-and-chinese-radios-during-the-korean-war.70969/
http://ww2f.com/threads/north-korean-and-chinese-radios-during-the-korean-war.70969/invalid@example.com (NickHaldon)NickHaldon
I have a feeling the North Koreans would have had better radios if any as...

North Korean and Chinese Radios during the Korean War]]>5Hunting Hitler - Sky TV SeriesMon, 26 Feb 2018 14:50:21 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/hunting-hitler-sky-tv-series.59064/
http://ww2f.com/threads/hunting-hitler-sky-tv-series.59064/invalid@example.com (Javey74)Javey74
I must admit the first series made me think, this one has got me enthralled. If any of this did happen all of the history books would have to be altered and then added to. The evidence seems to be getting stronger and stronger with every episode with new declassified FBI and CIA Files using a professional search team to check out the evidence.

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Hunting Hitler - Sky TV Series]]>23Too Good NOT To Share- Atlantic Wall Holiday snapsTue, 20 Feb 2018 00:41:58 +0000http://ww2f.com/threads/too-good-not-to-share-atlantic-wall-holiday-snaps.70682/
http://ww2f.com/threads/too-good-not-to-share-atlantic-wall-holiday-snaps.70682/invalid@example.com (GRW)GRW
For those of you with FB, a group called Bunkerarcheologie just posted a compilation of holiday snaps taken immediately postwar on what remained of the Atlantik Wall. There's some absolute corkers in this.
Think you might need to log in though-Edit; if you click on the first photo of the women on top of the bunker, it seems to let you scroll through the rest ok...